Attachment for hot-air registers.



No. 681,552. Patented Aug. 27, MIL

M. IVERSEN.

ATTACHMENT FUR HUT AIR REGISTERS.

(Applicatioa filed Bar. 11, 1801.)

(No Model.)

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MICHAEL IVERSEN, OF STOUGHTON, VVISOONSIN.

ATTACHMENT FOR HOT-AIR REGlSTERS.

SIEECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,552, dated August27, 1901.

Application filed March 11, 1901. Serial No. 50,693- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MICHAEL IVERSEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Stoughton, in the county of Dane and State ofW'isconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments forHot-Air Registers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an attachment for hot-air registers; and theobject of the same is to construct a device which can be attached to thewall of a room on each side of a register and will deflect the hot airissuing therefrom against a horizontal shelf, and thereby heat anything,such as milk, which has been placed thereon.

With this object in view I have designed the simple and novelconstruction described in this specification and claimed, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

Figure 1 is a perspective of my device. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thedeflector or valve. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through theregister-flue.

Like numerals of reference designate like parts in the different viewsof the drawings.

The numeral 1 designates a metal shelf which is supported on brackets 2,secured to a wall 3, one on each side of a register 4, by screws 4. Theshelf 1 is detachably connected to the brackets 2 by hooks 5, the shanks5 of which are seated in the brackets, with the hooks engaging the upperedges of the shelf 1. This construction enables the whole to be removedand folded whenever it is so desired, as in removing the device from theroom.

An asbestos deflector or valve 6, having a metal binding-frame 7,provided with pintles 7 formed integral therewith, is mounted betweenthe brackets 2 and pivoted thereto at points a little below the shelf 1,thus leaving a space 8. The deflector is given a range of movement alittle greater than a quadrant. Means for securing the deflector 6 atany intermediate angle is provided in the shape of threaded pins 9,seated in the ends of the frame 7 and engaging circular slots 10, whichtraverse the brackets, which pins are fitted with thumb-screws 11. Thetop shelf is best made perforated of an open design, or formed of agrating or wire screen, so as not to ob struct the movement of the hotair.

In operation the food, water, or medicine to be heated is placed on theshelf 1, and the deflector 6 set at the required position. A minimumwould be obtained by swinging it up under the top shelf in a horizontalposition parallel to the shelf 1. The heated air rising from theregister would encounter the deflector 6 and be deflected.

' Although I mention asbestos as the material of which my deflector 6 isconstructed, any suitable non-conducting material may be employed.

From the foregoing it will be seen that my heater is adapted to be usedin bedrooms or nurseries or sick-rooms and is compact and easily takendown and packed away when not desired.

I do not wish to be limited as to details of construction, as these maybe modified in many particulars without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and wish tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a hot-air register located in a wall, of bracketssecured to the wall on the sides of the said register, a shelf supportedby said brackets, and a deflector pivoted to said brackets at pointsnear said shelf, said deflector being constructed to be swung back sothat its lower edge will contact with the said wall below the saidregister, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a hot-air register located in a wall, of bracketssecured to the wall on the sides of said register, a shelf supported onsaid brackets, a deflector pivoted to said brackets at points near saidshelf, said deflector being constructed to be swung back so that itslower edge would contact with the said wall below said register, andmeans for adjusting and holding said deflector at intermediate positionsto regulate the amount of cold air mixing with the hot air,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit nesses.

MICHAEL IVERSEN.

Witnesses:

O. O. MELAAS, J. J. NAUT.

